Shaking his head, the man in gray sauntered towards a frantic Marik, slamming his right foot en route causing a abandoned Porsche to creak in defiance before stuttering in defeat. The maze like enclosure stilled, alarm benign, unfortunately a few stragglers had arrived, their ghoulish appearance rekindled a ongoing nightmare. He remembered it all, their accusatory gaze, his failure, in the end he died, birthing the gray man.

“Kid, run!” the gray man shouted.

“What-”

“Damn it,” the gray man haphazardly lunged, grabbing Marik's shirt, dragging him away.

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Groarkkkk! The creature roared, alerting its brethren after recognizing a few tasty morsels a few blocks yonder. They scampered, trudging up several bulky vehicles, leaving a recognizable stain in their path.

They happen upon the two while the rest stormed neighboring buildings after recognizing a familiar scent, humans! Their brisk phase, and wanton destruction, defiled the tangible world, regardless the strangers escaped leaving a few reluctant martyr aka distraction. The creatures unleashed utter barbarism towards any unfortunate stragglers, bashing their skulls open, ripping their flesh apart before pissing on any remains they found unpalatable, which was rare but not uncommon.

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Marik was confused at first, the strange man had sprung from nowhere, dragging him away, and yet he felt boundless good will after witnessing those tiny bundles of horror scamper about, in the face of such calamity he couldn't help but shudder, realizing this dream of his was a nightmare in disguise.

Marik and the gray man had managed to irk a few meager miles in their defense, regrettably lady luck feint ignorance, in front of them was a lone creature salivating, blocking their path.